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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Re: [IP] Patriot Act Includes Crackdown on Meth Use
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:35:53 -0800
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
To: dave () farber net
References: <440DC1FD.2060908 () farber net>

Richard Forno wrote, and David Farber forwarded:
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suffer from springtime allergies? You could be among the
> first affected by the USA Patriot Act poised for final congressional passage
> this week.
>
> Besides terrorism, the bill takes aim at the production of methamphetamine,
> a highly addictive drug that cannot be manufactured without a key ingredient
> of everyday cold and allergy medicines. The bill would impose new limits
> next month for how much relief a person can buy over the counter.

It's not just meth. I wrote about this and more in a column in December:

http://news.com.com/Must+we+renew+the+Patriot+Act/2010-1028_3-5989887.html
> What do mandatory drug testing, cigarette taxes and methamphetamine 
restrictions have to do with protecting America from terrorists?
> As far as I can tell, the answer is "nothing." But they nevertheless 
appear in a 219-page proposed law to renew the Patriot Act that
Republicans have scheduled for a vote this week.

-Declan

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